Acute muscle wasting is associated with poor prognosis in older adults with severe community-acquired pneumonia.
Na ShangQiujing LiWenqing JiHuizhen LiuShu-Bin GuoPublished in: European geriatric medicine (2023)
Acute muscle wasting assessed by ultrasound and chest CT persisted for 14 days and was an independent predictor of adverse outcomes in older patients with severe pneumonia. A greater decline in muscle mass was associated with a higher 90-day mortality risk.
Keyphrases
- poor prognosis
- community acquired pneumonia
- respiratory failure
- liver failure
- drug induced
- long non coding rna
- skeletal muscle
- early onset
- community dwelling
- middle aged
- physical activity
- aortic dissection
- magnetic resonance imaging
- computed tomography
- contrast enhanced
- hepatitis b virus
- image quality
- magnetic resonance